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Wood Spindle Spool Bobbin http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageFromJapan?section_id=10204998
These are beautiful! They are in amazing condition and unlike most of the others we have in this style, there are no holes across the top. They can be used for any kind of project or even displayed.
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Bureau of Trade - Class A, filtered daily finds http://www.bureauoftrade.com/ featured Japanese Wooden Stamp “Lunch in Bento Box”…
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Vintage Japanese Wood Stamp Tokyo Kabuki
This vintage Japanese wood stamp is from the "昭和" "showa period" . The "showa" period is from 1926-1989 but these are at least 30 years old. There are 待望 taibou = wait eagerly for / looking forward to, の no = ~'s and 大立物 = great figure. 東京 = tokyo, 大歌舞伎 ookabuki / 大dai = big and 歌舞伎 = kabuki play (classical Japanese dance-drama).…
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Vintage Japanese Wood Stamp Tokyo Kabuki

This vintage Japanese wood stamp is from the "昭和" "showa period" . The "showa" period is from 1926-1989 but these are at least 30 years old. There are 待望 taibou = wait eagerly for / looking forward to, の no = ~'s and 大立物 = great figure. 東京 = tokyo, 大歌舞伎 ookabuki / 大dai = big and 歌舞伎 = kabuki play (classical Japanese dance-drama).…
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Vintage Japanese Sweets Mold - Konbu Maki - Seaweed Roll
http://www.etsy.com/listing/86205416/vintage-japanese-sweets-mold-konbu-maki
This is a vintage mold called "kashigata".
Often made of sakura (cherry wood) and seasoned for about 3…
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This is a vintage mold called "kashigata". This is "tai" or sea bream. In Japan, tai is considered the "king of fish" and it is also considered to bring good luck. This is a beautiful Japanese vintage wood sweets mold. Added by from japan with love on October 8, 2011 at 9:30pm — No Comments


This is a vintage mold called "kashigata".
In the past, when a person died, it was expensive to give flowers or fresh food so, people made sweets (these are made from soy flour, rice flour and sugar) in the form of flowers, fish etc. These items were then placed on the "butsudan" (family shrine found in the house)…
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This is gorgeous. This was made by Masayasu Oomiya. It is signed by him.We were told that this was made in the 1960's.
Please note the size as this is big.It measure about 31 cm tall and is heavy.
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Etsy Finds: Eastern Horizons - Our Vintage Wood Sweets Mold is Featured
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